Adenuga, Oyedepo, Dangote to pay N400m luxury tax on private jets

According to a story by Encomium magazine, Bishop David Oyedepo, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Dr. Mike Adenuga are among the top 10 Nigerian billionaires who will pay hundreds of millions of naira annually as luxury tax due to the imposition of a whooping $4,000 luxury tax by Aviation Ministry on private jet owners and operators per departure.

Some of these super rich Nigerians make use of their jets 3/4 times in a week either within or outside Nigeria and for every trip, it's a cool $4, 000 tax.

Mariah Carey posts sexy birthday message to Nick Cannon online

Someone said when you have to go online to get your husbands attention then it sounds like there's trouble in paradise...Lol. But I think she's just trying to keep things spicey.

Ventures Africa Mag's Richest People In Africa 2013 List

Ventures Africa magazine has released their list of the top 10 Richest People in Africa 2013.

The combined fortune of Africa’s 55 billionaires is $143.88 billion. The average net worth of the members of this exclusive club is $2.6 billion, while the median age of the richest people in Africa is 65 years. The oldest billionaires are Kenyan industrialist, Manu Chandaria, and Egyptian property tycoon, Mohammed Al-Fayed, both aged 84. The youngest billionaires are Mohammed Dewji of Tanzania and Igho Sanomi, a Nigerian oil trader. They are both 38 years old.

Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt lead the pack with the highest number of billionaires at 20, nine and eight respectively. Algeria, Angola, Zimbabwe and Swaziland only have one billionaire each. In all, there are 10 African countries represented on the list.

Three women made it into the rankings. The richest of them is Folorunsho Alakija, a Nigerian fashion designer and oil tycoon worth some $7.3 billion by our estimates.

 See the full list after the cut...

New Video: Timaya - Ukwu

Singer Iyanya hacked on Twitter and Facebook

Press statement from Iyanya's Made Men Music Group below..

In the past few hours Nigerian entertainer, Iyanya Mbuk along with his manager Ubi Franklin have been the victims of hacking.

Regrettably, the individual(s) involved have posted false endorsements on Iyanya’s Facebook page and Twitter with the aim of deceiving fans and followers for personal gain, and have maliciously changed Ubi Franklin’s Twitter handle.

We’re currently working with Twitter and Facebook to regain access to the accounts and in the meantime fans can continue to interact with Iyanya via his official Instagram account (@Iyanya).

Iyanya apologises for any inconvenience caused and urges fans to ignore any requests that the hackers might make.

FFK slams Aviation minister for saying plane crashes are acts of God

Our Aviation minister Mrs Stella Oduah thinks that plane mishaps are an act of God. While fielding questions from state house correspondents on the recent Lagos air crash, Mrs Oduah said;

“We do not pray for accidents  but they are inevitable. But we will continue to do everything to ensure that we do not have accidents. But an accident is an act of God".

Former Aviation minister Femi Fani Kayode took to twitter to respond to Mrs Oduah's comments...

 

Nigeria’s first 5-star hotel, Intercontinental Lagos, opens in grand style

Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo; Oba of Lagos, Oba Riliwan Akiolu;  Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN); Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mrs. Olusola Oworu; Chairman, Milan Group, Ramesh Valechha and Managing Director, Milan Group, Rajesh Valechha, at the grand opening of InterContinental Lagos.

Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) has opened Intercontinental Lagos, it's first hotel in Nigeria and the company's first Intercontinental Hotel in West Africa.

InterContinental Lagos is also the first luxury 5-Star hotel to be built in the history of Nigeria and the tallest hotel in West Africa.

I've been single for a while now, and it's going well - Genevieve says

Well, she didn't actually write that she's been single for a while, she only posted a card with the message written on it. But she must be really trying to send a message 'probably to someone' because not only did she post it on her twitter page, she also posted it on her Facebook and instagram pages. She also re-posted something Rita Dominic posted on Instagram yesterday...find that after the cut...

Pics: Nigerian acid attack victim Naomi Oni has eyebrows restored

21 year old acid victim Naomi Oni, who was disfigured for life when an unknown person wearing a niqab threw acid in her face as she walked home from work on Sunday December 30th 2012 in Lodge Avenue Dagenham, east London, (read all about it HERE) has had her eyebrows restored after it was burnt off in the horrific attack. (Above pics: Naomi before the attack, after the attack and now)

The acid burned off the skin on her face and scalp and left her temporarily blinded. She lost her eyelids, eyebrows and some of her hair in the assault. Fortunately doctors have been able to rebuild her features, including taking skin from the back of her ear to make new eyelids for her and now new eyebrows. See more photos after the cut...

New Video: Ice Prince - I Swear ft French Montana

Akon, Wizkid & Banky W on set of their new music video for Roll It

Photos of Akon in Ghana with Banky W and Wizkid on the set of the video shoot for the song - Roll It, EME ft Banky W and Wizkid  See another photo after the cut...

Beyonce And Jay Z Named No.1 Power Couple In America

Vanity Fair has named Jay Z and Beyonce the No.1 power couple in America, beating the Obama's to the top position. According to Vanity Fair's 'New Establishment' for 2013, Jay Z and Beyonce, who were ranked number 8 last year, are the most important powers that be in the U.S this year.

Helping them nab the top honor was Jay Z's new album, Magna Carter Holy Grail, which went double platinum and Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime performance, plus selling out her world tour and releasing a documentary about her life on HBO.

See Vanity Fair's top 25 New Establishment ranking for 2013 after the cut...

See photo of Flavour in the kitchen

This is a prove that the bobo is single... so hot ladies over to you!

Check out what Sean Tizzle wore to CokoBar concert

Fast rising music star Sean Tizzle performed at the CokoBar Music Festival that took place last night at Indigo 02 and he showed up in that costume. Hehe. Very creative! See another photo after the cut...

Chris Brown says sex at an early age made him a beast in the bedroom

No wonder Rihanna & Karrueche keep going back to him. Lol. In a recent interview Chris Brown recalls losing his virginity at age eight and how it made him a beast in the bedroom...

From The Guardian

He lost his virginity when he was eight years old, to a local girl who was 14 or 15. Seriously? "Yeah, really. Uh-huh." He grins and chuckles. "It's different in the country." Brown grew up with a great gang of boy cousins, and they watched so much porn that he was raring to go. "By that point, we were already kind of like hot to trot, you know what I'm saying? Like, girls, we weren't afraid to talk to them; I wasn't afraid. So, at eight, being able to do it, it kind of preps you for the long run, so you can be a beast at it. You can be the best at it." (Now 24, he doesn't want to say how many women he's slept with: "But you know how Prince had a lot of girls back in the day? Prince was, like, the guy. I'm just that, today. But most women won't have any complaints if they've been with me. They can't really complain. It's all good."

Comedian Julius Agwu and wife welcome baby boy

Popular comedian Julius Agwu and his wife, Ibiere, welcomed a baby boy today October 7th. Ibiere gave birth to the little bundle of joy in a hospital in the US. The new addition to the family has been named Zadok Chibuike Julius Agwu. Julius and Ibiere already have a 4 year old daughter, Zahra Agwu. Big congrats to them.

African China says he has 168 children...Lol

It's either the PM New reporter that did the interview didn't hear right, or African China was just messing with him. Below is what PM News is reporting...

This may sound incredible but popular music artiste, Chinagorom Onuoha, better known as African China, insists he had 168 kids from different women before he got married.

Speaking with P.M.News Sunday in Festac Town, Lagos, Onuoha disclosed that he is not a sex-freak but he was unable to turn down sexual advances from his teeming female fans.

Halima Abubakar buys 2011 Crysler Convertible Dodge

The actress and movie producer recently acquired a 2011 Chrysler Convertible Dodge full option and a mini fridge with auto convert roof top. Heard the car cost between N5million - N15 million.

"Agagu family insensitive to continue with the burial' - Association of Undertakers says

Funeral managers in Lagos are not happy with late Agagu's family, Encomium magazine reports exclusively. The Association of Undertakers in Lagos are of the opinion that the Agagu family were insensitive to their plight by going ahead with the burial of the former governor when their own man, Mr Tunji Okusanya of MIC did not only lose his life but also his son and four of his staff in the plane crash on Thursday October 3rd. (Mr Okusanya and his son pictured above)

So for this members of the association refused to sell another casket to the Agagu family or partake in the funeral rites. In an interview with Mr Deinde Harrison, the boss of Ebony Caskets & Funeral Managers, he told Encomium the association's anger with the Agagu family. Read the interview after the cut...

John Dumelo donates items to deprived school in Cameroon

Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo donated school supplies including pencils, chalks, erasers and exercise books to over 100 pupils of St. John Of God Catholic School in Cameroon, via his John Dumelo Foundation. The school, located in a town called Bonadikombo, around where the actor had been filming, also got an unspecified amount of money to help in running the school.

John Dumelo visited Cameroon right after his short trip to the US, and he was in the coastal town of Limbe where he shot a movie as well as part of his upcoming reality TV show. He promised to go back to help renovate the school building. See more photos after the cut...

9 year old boy boards flight to Vegas, alone and without ticket

A 9 year old boy did the unthinkable in the US last week; he went through airport security with other passengers, and sneaked on a flight to Las Vegas on his own without a plane ticket.

The Transportation Security Administration officials said they are still trying to figure out how he did it. CNN reports

Patrick Hogan, a spokesman for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, said the crew of Delta Flight 1651 "became suspicious of the child's circumstances" during the flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas. Crew members got in touch with authorities in Las Vegas and turned the boy over to Child Protective Services, Hogan said in a statement.

 "Fortunately, the flight crew took appropriate actions to ensure the child's safety, so the story does have a good ending," he said. Delta said it takes the incident "very seriously" and is working with authorities.

Ini Edo's outfit to Miss Black Africa Uk Beauty Pageant

The stunning actress was a judge at the beauty pageant which held on Saturday in London. You like?

Crazy fan shows crowd her goodies while dancing at CokoBar concert

The CokoBar Music Festival took place last night Sunday 6th October 2013 at London's o2 Indigo and one of the most memorable incident of the night was when a fan (pictured above) was picked from the crowd to come on stage to flex her dancing skills to Flavour's music. The lady got on stage and started out pretty okay, she bounced and shook her bum bum to a delighted crowd...the cheering must have gotten to her because she then went totally crazy, and gave concert goers a peek of her 'goodies' lol. See the photos after the cut...

Dana Air License suspended again by Federal Government

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the operations of Dana Air...again. The suspension was announced on Sunday night October 6th by the Coordinating General Manager for the aviation parastatals, Mr. Yakubu Dati.

The NCAA said it shut Dana’s operations to enable it conduct an operational audit of the carrier and its planes. This suspension makes it the third time the NCAA would ground Dana Air over safety and other related issues since the crash of Dana flight 992 that killed over 150 passengers in June 2012.

Annie Idibia and Daughter, Isabella rock same outfit

Nice combination....Cute pair!

NCAA suspends operations of Associated Airlines after plane crash

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has suspended the operations of Associated Airlines, following the ill-fated crash that occurred on Thursday October 3rd, which killed 13 passengers.

NCAA announced the suspension on Saturday October 5th via it's Director-General, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu. He said;

“Associated Airlines operations have been suspended by the NCAA. Let me say for the purpose of clarity, I said their operations, I mean all their operations of Associated Airline have been suspended by the NCAA. I did not say any certification was cancelled but all operations.”

Capt Akinkuotu explained that the suspension of the airline is to pave the way for ongoing probe into the cause of the crash.

Mo Abudu named one of the Most Powerful Women in Global TV

The Founder and Chief Executive of EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu has been named among the 25 Most Powerful Women in Global TV by The Hollywood Reporter. Well done!

Between Atiku Abubakar and his daughter, Amina

World’s biggest comedians storm Nigeria for Glo Laftafest

Two of America’s hottest comedians, Tony Roberts and Deeray Davis will team up with Africa’s hottest comedians including the continent’s number one rib-tickler, Ndumiso Lindi of South Africa, Uganda’s Salvado and A-list Nigerian comedians to give Nigerians a comic treat of a lifetime at the Glo mega Laftafest shows scheduled for Lagos and Abuja in October.

Aptly tagged Invasion LOL, this season’s Glo Laftafest has been rated as Nigeria’s greatest comedy shows of the year.

Other top-rated comedians slated to perform at the shows to be hosted by Basketmouth include Ali Baba, Bovi, Okey Bakassi, Akparoro, I Go Dye, Klint de Drunk, Buchi, Gordons, Funny Bone, Bash, Emeka Smith, Julius Agwu, Sim Card.

Read Teju Babyface's tribute to late Tunji Okusanya, MIC Boss

When I tell my driver that Tunji Okusanya of MIC is dead, I envision he will say, 'ah! man daada to ma'n fun mi l'owo yen!'(dat generous man!).

I walked into his office to invite him to Season 2 of our show in 2010. We had never met but he hugged me.
He told me how he loved our show and how I would go far up the ladder of Success. I discovered that he liked to laugh a lot.

On the day of recording, he came on time and when we were done, he shared money around like a politician going to the polls. And so we would become 'friends'. More like Egbon (elder sibling) and aburo (younger sibling)

Photos & Scoops from the Etisalat-sponsored Sisters with Soul Concert

 

Those who were at the Sisters with Soul concert with America’s queen of soul, Mary J Blige, swore that she did not disappoint. Seyi Shay, Eva Alordiah, Ms. Jaie, Niyola, Jodie, Munachi, Temi Dollface, Emma Nyra, DJ Cuppy also performed at the Expo Centre of Eko Hotel and they too made us proud.  Etisalat Nigeria and Kilimanjaro certainly got it right once again, following the Chris Brown Concert of December, last year.

'I thought my son would succeed me" - Olu Falae

Chief Olu Falae lost his son, Deji Falae, on Thursday 3rd October in the Associated Airline plane which crashed shortly after take-off. The former Secretary to the Federal Government said he lost a political successor in his son. Deji, who was the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Ondo State, led the state government’s delegation to accompany the corpse of  former Ondo State governor, Chief Olusegun Agagu from Lagos to Akure, for the a state burial.

Falae, who was still grieving over the loss, told the visiting Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, that he had reached the peak of his political sojourn.

“I was looking forward to seeing Deji take over from me, because I have reached the peak of my being in politics. I will miss him so much,” he said.

Tambuwal had visited the home of the chieftain to commiserate with him and his family over the Thursday plane crash. Tambuwal said Deji was his friend and had sent useful text messages to him on how to move the country forward, four days before the unfortunate incident. (Punch)